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Hiller Aviation Museum

Spaceflight Tech

Advanced Rocketry and Space Science

Spaceflight Tech Camp Details

Reach for the stars with the highest-flying Aviation Camp of all! Construct an advanced model rocket, then fly it using a solid propellant motor on Friday’s launch day!

Travel to John D. Morgan Park in Campbell to prepare model rockets for flight!  Participate in a safety briefing, then use solid-fuel rocket motors to launch rockets to speeds of 60 mph and altitudes approaching 300′!

Explore destinations in our solar system and beyond with a working refractor telescope. Enter the Starlab planetarium to identify star patterns and planets visible for observation, master moon phases and locate stars used for celestial navigation. Analyze real Mars images collected by orbiting spacecraft, collect and examine real meteorites, fly high performance aircraft in the flight simulators and much more in a journey to infinity and beyond!

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Camp Details

Grade Level
Additional Details
5th to 7th
Friday includes a field trip to the rocket launch site

Spaceflight Tech Sessions

  • June 22-26, 2026
  • July 6-10, 2026
  • July 20-24, 2026
  • August 3-7, 2026 Waitlist

See Camp Calendar for availability.

Field Trip Launch Site Information

On Friday of the camp week, Air & Space and Spaceflight Tech campers will head to the John D. Morgan Park in Campbell to launch their model rockets.

Campers should check in by the regular 9 AM start time at the Hiller Aviation Museum on Friday morning. They will depart the Hiller Aviation Museum via bus promptly at 9:30 AM and return to the Hiller Aviation Museum by 2 PM on Friday afternoon.

Camp activities will continue at the museum until the usual 4 PM pick-up time.

Parents are welcome to attend the rocket launch event! See field trip information letter for more details.

Rocket Launch Field Trip Information Letter

EXAMPLE OF SPACEFLIGHT TECH CURRICULUM

The following curriculum grid provides an overview based on curricula from past years and may not fully reflect the upcoming summer’s complete curriculum. While the core curriculum within each topic remains largely consistent year to year, specific activities may change due to lesson refinement, material availability, or other factors. The purpose of this grid is to provide a general sense of the content offered in our camps.

LESSON

DESCRIPTION
Drone Plex – Mars Drone Flew a simulated quadcopter in the Drone Plex.
Field Trip Prepared their model rocket for flight with recovery wadding, a solid fuel rocket engine and an electric ignition system.
Glider – Rocket Learned about glider flight and launched a glider.
Mars Image Analysis Discovered how scientists use remote sensing to explore alien worlds while using infrared data collected at Mars to investigate the Red Planet.
Metorites Studied rocks to observe the difference between tektites and meteorites.
Moon Phases Learned about the different phases of the moon and built a moon phase finder.
Rocket 1 Model Rocket Construction – Rotation 1 of 4
Rocket 2 Model Rocket Construction – Rotation 2 of 4
Rocket 3 Model Rocket Construction – Rotation 3 of 4
Rocket 4 Model Rocket Construction – Rotation 4 of 4
Simulators: Intro Completed introductory flight simulations learning how to fly straight and level, land, and take-off.
Simulators: Shuttle Flew a space shuttle training aircraft in the flight simulators.
Solar Car Design Powered a vehicle using solar energy.
Solar Observation Observed the Sun with full spectrum solar glasses and an h-alpha solar telescope.
Space Shuttles Built and flew space shuttle models.
Starlab Observed constellations in the Bay Area night sky in a mobile Starlab planetarium.
Straw Rockets Experimented with fin stability using straw rockets.
Telescopes Built telescopes and learned about light.

Spaceflight Tech Camp Includes

Flight Simulation

Astronomy

3D Printers

Launch Day

Rockets

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